Officers acting on a tip-off raided Walker’s home - which he shares with his partner and son, 13 - and found a stash of cannabis growing equipment as well as ready-to-eat examples of his cannabis confectionery.

They included sweets, bars of chocolate - and even two drug infused chocolate apples.

In a comic twist during the raid a postman turned up at the door to deliver a consignment of chocolate moulds for use in the “well regarded” chef's operation.